Ben Roethlisberger’s Accuser: Just Admit Rape, Apologize, and Donate Money to a Charity
Courts, Legal, ESPN, NFL September 9th. 2009, 10:30am
Andrea McNulty’s trying to make a statement that she’s not after Ben Roethlisberger’s money. David Cornwell, the lawyer for the Steelers QB, immediately rejected the offer.
“This case is about Ms. McNulty’s contemporaneous statements and conduct that prove her allegations are false,” Cornwell said. “Against this backdrop, her proposal is bizarre. We previously offered Ms. McNulty a graceful exit. Now, we will continue to press our defenses and claims and pursue our application for sanctions.”
Does the name David Cornwell ring a bell? It should – he was a legal analyst for ESPN. He previously represented Reggie Bush (in 2008; in a bizarre twist that can be found on that link, a story about Bush seemed to be buried by ESPN at the time).
Roethlisberger lawyer refuses demand for apology, admission of guilt (Reno Gazette Journal)
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September 9th, 2009 at 10:34 AM
ESPN assured me this morning that Cornwell is NO LONGER with ESPN. Not sure when that relationship dissolved.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
she looks raunchy on my phone. And a pig at that.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:35 AM
God she’s beat in the face.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:36 AM
well, this is damn weird. I don’t know why Ben would admit guilt though, it’s a civil trial, the worse that can happen is he pays a lot of money and still denies it. It’s not like he can go to jail.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:38 AM
contemporaneous
Is Cornwall trying to butter up Duffy or what?
September 9th, 2009 at 10:39 AM
Charity name? Disabled Television Repairmen of America
Andrea Mcnulty is a member and the president
September 9th, 2009 at 10:40 AM
if he admits guilt, he’ll be suspended, for starters. then he has to deal with that his entire career/life.
if he didn’t do it, he should fight it.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
That’s what Taguchi was saying. No chance in hell he’d admit guilt, because even if FOUND guilty, the punishment is the same.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:43 AM
This garbage is over, bitch is crazy, glad it wasnt true, glad its mostly taken care of before the season. Trophy defense starts tomorrow night, Titans are getting stomped.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:45 AM
If he did do it he should fight it. Even if he’s found guilty half of America doesn’t trust civil trials because of OJ (and I suppose half really trust them), but everybody knows the burden of proof isn’t as high. Plus rape is such an easy thing to make “messy” in people’s heads that enough people will doubt he did it that he can still be a big thing in Pittsburgh, if not everywhere else. Your right about the suspension, yet another reason to fight it.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Can they bring a criminal trial based on civil trial findings? I would think they couldn’t, but then again I would have thought the same would hold true for the opposite (criminal then civil), and obviously that’s not the case.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Just a ploy to try and deny the money angle. I’ve become so desensitized to rape allegations, it’s really sad. In college, 3 separate rape allegations freshman and sophomore years in my dorm were proven to be false, then the whole lacrosse case showed how badly a false allegation can ruin you…then shit like this occurs, and it’s no wonder people start blaming the victim.
I’m not saying that rape doesn’t happen (it does), I’m just saying that the real victims are not helped by the ever increasing false claims, the mantra, “the girl is always right” that gets repeated ad nauseum, and the automatic guilty until proven innocent stance taken with the accused. Hell, there’s still a sizable portion of both the Duke and the Durham population that believe Mangum was raped, even with all the evidence vindicating the boys.
I’m just…sick of it. Sick of knowing that the rapists are still getting away with it way too often, while countless innocents (the raped and the falsely accused) are destroyed by a system that can’t get it right.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:51 AM
No, this case will never see the criminal court…not even close to enough evidence to survive a summary hearing, if it even was brought by the DA.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:52 AM
McNutty…
/Bubbles’d
September 9th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Yeah, those poor Dukies had to work at Charles Schwab instead Goldman Sachs.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:53 AM
//Bunk’d
September 9th, 2009 at 10:54 AM
When I see a solar eclipse, like the one I went to last year in Hawaii, I think ‘Oh no! Is the moon eating the sun?’ I don’t know. Because I’m a caveman — that’s the way I think. There is one thing I DO know, this bitch is crazy.
/unfrozen caveman lawyer’d
September 9th, 2009 at 10:55 AM
rape is probably the most horrible thing you could do but lieing about being raped just to pad your pockets or if you just dont like someone because they didnt like it so they didnt put a ring on it is also on that list.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:56 AM
A serious comment from mrejr? Now I’ve seen everything.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:57 AM
Watch out for selection bias here, You ‘views’ is also likely due to DECREASING victims coming forward, or you selectively paying attention to only the false claims, and what you say will do nothing to alliviate that.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:57 AM
oh well those rich white kids had it coming then. man you’re dumb
September 9th, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Yeah, except none of them could get hired on Wall St even if they tried. Especially since 2 of them won’t have Duke degrees. Plus you know, the lawyer’s fees, the dragging their names through the mud by an overzealous prosecutor, the losing a year of their lives to that shit…I’m not saying they didn’t bring upon themselves, but seriously, to get shit on like that just because a stripper doesn’t want to spend the night in the drunk tank…
September 9th, 2009 at 10:58 AM
then the whole lacrosse case showed how badly a false allegation can ruin you…
Yeah, those poor Dukies had to work at Charles Schwab instead Goldman Sachs.
and the “victim’s” underwear had more people’s DNA on it than the PuPu Platter at PF Chang’s.
/she should have gone to jail w/ the idiot DA
//so should Ben’s accuser (if found to be lying)
September 9th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
PF Changs? love that place
How much will Ben pay in the end?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:02 AM
i think the going rate for tv repairmen is $15 per hour, soooo….
$47.50, not including parts?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:03 AM
irish: first Publix, now PF Chang’s. Guess you have the same strip malls on the West Coast as I do-lol
September 9th, 2009 at 11:03 AM
McNutty…
/Bubbles’d
//Bunk’d
///Omar’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:04 AM
maybe if he paid in the beginning he wouldn’t have to pay so much at the end.
/me’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
$0 to that chick
$0 to the courts (that’ll get her wages garnished for a long ass time)
$1 Million to his lawyer, if not more.
This shit is going to be expensive.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
/you’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Yeah, because even though rape shield laws, increased education, and a much more supportive victim system have put in place, victims are more likely to not come forward nowadays…somehow I doubt that.
Rape is terrible, but girls like this are the reason why it continues to be so hard to successfully prosecute. If she got raped, why didn’t she report it? Why didn’t she go to the local hospital and get a rape exam done? Why did she wait so long to where the only action could be civil? I’m supposed to think it’s because the rapist destroyed her psyche, but let’s be honest, it’s being done for the money. She was hoping for a quick settlement spurred by the bad press such accusations usually cause, period.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
PF Changs sucks (along with 99% of chain restaurants), chinese food should be cooked by chinese people, not random cooks hired to shovel out food.
In my opinion, if Ben was guilty he already would have paid her and she would have gone away a long time ago. Being innocent (and awesome), he told this bitch to piss off, she aint getting a dime.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Don’t think Marvin Harrison is going to be getting signed soon
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 AM
JPQ, it’s not the same gunshot wounds. That scumbag got shot more times by somebody else.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Enough with all this speculation talk… It’s time for a list, damnit!
September 9th, 2009 at 11:10 AM
There’s a whole industry that ships real Chinese people to crappy small towns throughout America to run their awful Chinese buffets. I don’t think the ethnicity is the problem.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:10 AM
And I love her reasoning. “Just admit it, give money to charity and it goes away!”
Except for the fact that he’s now forever tagged as a rapist. Wonder if Dick’s Sporting Goods would like to have their ads feature an admitted rapist. What about Oreo? Disney? Powerade?
Nevermind any school welcoming him as a spokesperson. Or any charity taking his money. Or…you get the idea.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
////Cheese’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
top 10 list of lists!
September 9th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
PF Changs does indeed suck. i think it might taste better if they advertised it as amercian-sino cuisine.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Apparently, American Chinese food>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>China’s Chinese food.
All I’ll say is PF Chang’s is a pretty decent Chinese place, but in the end, it’s still Chinese food.
/meh
//Japanese is much better
September 9th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
whoa the First Wok in lincoln illinois has the best chinese food you will ever have. not all chinese food you have in small towns will be bad.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:13 AM
/Bubbles’d
//Bunk’d
///Omar’d
////Cheese’d
Prop Joe’d biatches
September 9th, 2009 at 11:14 AM
i have a shitty part time job after school and during the orientation they told me if some chick accuses me of sexual harassment but its a lie, nothing happens to her. FUCK THAT!!!
September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 AM
damn why did they stop making the wire
September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 AM
if some chick accuses me of sexual harassment but its a lie, nothing happens to her.
if that happens, you should be legally allowed to waggle your weiner at her. That seems fair.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Umm. Its hard to prosecute because in 99% of cases its a he said she said. How do you prove if ‘NO’ was uttered? Cases like this make much more likley for victims to not come forward.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Because the world is cruel as fuck.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:17 AM
you could sue her if you want TexansFan
September 9th, 2009 at 11:17 AM
JPQ, it’s not the same gunshot wounds. That scumbag got shot more times by somebody else.
that was was the Energizer Bunny for a while. Took a hittin & kept on pimpin
There’s a whole industry that ships real Chinese people to crappy small towns throughout America to run their awful Chinese buffets
when I was in Buffalo last summer I met this guy from China who told me there are buses that travel roundtrip to NYC for Asians every day who live in NYC and work part-time in Buffalo (450 miles away). Bus leaves NYC like 1AM, gets to Buffalo around 8, they work, then go back to NYC. He said some take it a couple days/week (his parents live in NYC and do it all the time)
September 9th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
1. Wonton Soup
2. Shrimp in lobster sauce
3. Orange Beef
4. Seasame Chicken
5. Spare Ribs
September 9th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
top 10 list of lists!
Wow…
1. Top 10 college football tailgates
2. Top 10 reasons why NOT to watch Lost
3. Top 10 basketball shoes of all-time
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
8.
10.
/not my job
September 9th, 2009 at 11:19 AM
cruel indeed. it was by far the best show i’ve ever seen. if sex and the city can make a movie maybe we can get a wire movie. it wouldnt be the same though i need atleast 12 hours of that murder riddled goodness.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
1. Pad Thai
2. Pad Thai
3. Pad Thai
4. Pad Thai
5. Pad Thai
September 9th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
is it a union job?
that happened at a company i worked for. they couldn’t fire her, but she ended up leaving since they cut her hours down to almost zero.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Wonton soup is the balls. I didn’t know you could do orange beef, though.
Cashew chicken is tough to beat.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:21 AM
You are devoid of intellect and dislike good story, well written characters, and gripping mysteries that upon being solved in a reasonable amount of time lead to still more questions?
/Cannot wait for January’d
/Lost FTW
September 9th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Top 5 Ethnic Foods that are great if they are great, but will make you sick if they are bad.
#1: Indian
#2: Sushi
#3: Uzbek
#4: South of the Border (eat my cock, moderation)
#5: Japanese
I didn’t include Korean food, because that shit is putrid, even if it’s “great.”
September 9th, 2009 at 11:22 AM
I thought I remembered hearing something about that, but I looked everywhere and couldn’t find it, so I must’ve made it up. Should definitely come back for another 5 seasons or so, though.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
1. crab rangoon
2. general tso’s
3. mongolian beef
4. mu shoo beef
5. orange beef
September 9th, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Ah, Small Town America – don’t ever change!
/pats head
September 9th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Pho > Pad Thai
September 9th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
1. indian
2. thai
3. chinese
4. mecksicken
5. cuban
September 9th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
I think the first sign of being a pothead might be listing crab ragoon as your favorite chinese food.
/that shit is good though
September 9th, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Nice. Nervous about the final season? Think they’re going to be able to satisfy any/everyone?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
im surrious. i have had chinese food in big cities and foreign countries and none of them could fuck with the First Wok.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
I think Lost Season 6 will go in a direction no one expected. spoilerfix.com has some interesting tidbits if anyone dares.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:26 AM
indian food is gross.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:27 AM
you mean it will attempt to be entertaining and interesting?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:27 AM
it’s an APPETIZER which means you list it first.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Too much beef.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:28 AM
I don’t think it will be satisfying simply because I can’t remember a time when I was happy with a show or serial novel’s ending, but I have a great deal of faith that they will do a damn good job with it if only because they have earned that trust with the first five seasons.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
@lefty
where should I go for pho?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
indian food is gross.
Maybe at P.F. Ghandi’s. But not real Indian food.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Too much beef.
that’s what she said!
September 9th, 2009 at 11:31 AM
1a. Singapore Mei Fun w/shrimp
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
No, she didn’t. (trust me)
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Where do you live? I haven’t found a good place in DC yet, but in Atlanta, the best joints are in shitty little strip malls in more ethnically diverse parts of town.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
You are devoid of intellect and dislike good story, well written characters, and gripping mysteries that upon being solved in a reasonable amount of time lead to still more questions?
Hahaha.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
What the hell is Uzbek food?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
no such thing.
/would glady eat steak every single day of my life until i die
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
it’s all opinion and matter of taste. i like my entertainment to be thought provoking and engaging, not always neatly wrapped up at the top of the hour. when I don’t want to think and watch TV i put on a nice sitcom or an episodic drama like Law and order.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
dirt: I figured you ate like rabbit, deer, squirrel and nuts and berries being the Unabomber and all?
/off the grid’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:32 AM
I’m with you. I’ve been disappointed with some of the crap they pulled last season (I loved 40% of season 5, thought 20% was blah, thought the other 40% was written by a 9-year-old on mescaline), but I keep saying, “Hey, self, they know what they’re doing.” These are the same guys who made the great stuff of the early days, they can still do it.
But yeah, it will still suck when it’s all over.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Damn! Beat me too it.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:33 AM
It’s not bad compared to their potassium, which is a substandard product.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:34 AM
Fawn stew is the best!
/dirtheavy’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:35 AM
That’s what she said.
/doesn’t always have to make sense
September 9th, 2009 at 11:35 AM
dirt: I figured you ate like rabbit, deer, squirrel and nuts and berries being the Unabomber and all?
Harkening back to the good old days when I lived in civilization. Now I eat like a peasant all summer. We’re not quite off the grid, but if you turn on your hair dryer, the power goes out here.
@Hawkeye, I ate Uzbek food once. It was really good going in but spicy, but just spicy coming back up. Rice and sausages is what I remember.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:36 AM
anyone ever had moroccan food? damn tasty.
if i wasn’t white as the driven snow, i’d move to the middle east or india for the women and food alone.
well…i might need to reasses that.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:36 AM
when i want to watch a show where the writerscome up with stuff that makes no sense and and the only thoughts it provokes are “what the fuck? ” and “man this show is stupid” i turn it to lost.
/never seen an episode
//fight pickin
September 9th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Where do you live? I haven’t found a good place in DC yet
The best places in the DC area are all in Northern Virginia where there’s a 12% Asian population. And you’re spot-on that pho > pad thai and that the best spots are in small run down strip malls and only serve pho, not all vietnamese food.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Thats what he said.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:38 AM
because people in the middle east and india are racist against people of pale skin?
September 9th, 2009 at 11:38 AM
if i wasn’t white as the driven snow, i’d move to the middle east or india for the women and food alone.
I spent two weeks in Egypt (technically Africa), but no, you wouldn’t wanna be there for either
September 9th, 2009 at 11:38 AM
Taco Bell is a delicacy
September 9th, 2009 at 11:47 AM
Reading all these comments debating which type of food is better makes me laugh considering 90% of those commenting think Wendys food is good. Some credibility issues here.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:48 AM
He’s just trying to show off.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:49 AM
my food resume:
born to a restaurant-owning family, aunt and uncle own a high end wine shop and gourmet deli. worked at high-end restaurants for 8 years, and in a wine store for 2. know wine, food, knives, cookwear and can cook like a mofo.
boom. roasted.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:51 AM
my food resume:
I am what they call a gourmand.
/showing off
September 9th, 2009 at 11:51 AM
know wine, food, knives, cookwear and can cook like a mofo.
panty-dropper
September 9th, 2009 at 11:51 AM
@tampa-chalupa meal with nacho cheese and beef chalupas no tomatoes. soft taco and a cheesy gordita crunch on the side.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:53 AM
Fixed for me’d.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
because he is obviously gay. ohio state fan? check. professes knowledge of gay stuff check.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
REAAAZY- I can live off of Volcano Tacos
September 9th, 2009 at 11:54 AM
You mean like aprons and chef hats?
/spelling nazi’d
September 9th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
I’m near reston/herndon area, but the thai place near me is absolutely phenomenal…
September 9th, 2009 at 11:55 AM
REAAAZY- I can live off of Volcano Tacos
I’ll bet your couch fucking stinks.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:57 AM
that’s racist.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:19 PM
This clearly disqualifies you as a Buckeye fan.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:21 PM
PS – Is “gourmet deli” in Ohio another name for Circle K? Just wonderin’.
September 9th, 2009 at 12:48 PM
na…they own a subway.